Culture and consumer responses to web download time: A four-continent study of mono and polychronism

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Rose, Gregory M ^a   Evaristo, Roberto ^b   Straub, Detmar ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Download delay; e commerce (EC); Information systems (IS); Information technology (IT); Perceived wait time (PWT); Web and online businesses

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

DOWNLOAD DELAY;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0037321062     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2002.808262     Document Type: Article

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